110 XLVIII. MYRTACEJ. [ Leptospermum, 
the sepals, solitary opposite the eme — 3-celled, slightly convex, with 
a deep central de epression ; ovules numerous apsule convex, but shorter 
than the calyx-tube. — Kunzea Sen F. Muell. Fragm. ii. 27. 
. Australia. Port Essington, Armstrong. (Flowers small and wéit imperfect.) ` ` 
Que eensland. Northumberland Islan d, R. Brown; Duck Creek, Dallachy. (Leaves - 
in both only es dé in. and the specimens in fruit only and therefore ‘doubtful. 
N, 5. W astings river, 4. Cunningham, Dallachy ; Severn river, C: Stuart. 
Ls su Benth. Branches SN virgate, ee Leaves 
obovate-oblo ong, obtuse, narrowed at the base e, flat , 3 to nearly 6 ien long, 
thick, silky-white, or at length tdi Flowers rather (m early 1 
and axillary. Bracts sm all. Calyx-tube tafbinsie rat r broad, densely ` 
villous, with white silky hairs, about 11 lines long ; Re very silky, persis- 
tent, about 1 line long. Ovary 3- called, with numerous ovules in each cell. 
W. Australia. In the interior, Roe. 
ponen III. PERICALYMMA. —Ovary usually 3-celled. Ovules few ies to | 
cell). Seeds often ved in each cell, not winged. © Bra 
Vise creer and flexuose 
The following three species may bestit prove to be varieties of a single one. 1 
ridum, Benth. An erect shrub, attaining 10 ft., but t flowering 
inflorescence of L. e ellipticum, only differing in the larger flowers, the ECH 
x A 
and bracts clothed with long silky hairs, the calyx-lobes larger, usually about | 
as long as the tube. Stamens numerous — Pericalymma floridum, Schau. in 
SIS T 
Swan River, Preiss, n. 131, Drummond, 1st Coll. n. 144. 
9. L. ellipticum, Endi. in Hueg. Enum, 51. A tall erect glabrous ` 
Ce the Ser e branchlets "më and dichotomous. Leaves from obovate- 
elliptical to narrow-cuneate, obtuse acute or mucronate, usually narrowed ab | 
almost terminal, surrounde or 4 imbricate scarious s. Calyx-tube 
turbinate, about 1 line long ; lobes small, ovate, persistent. Petals obovate, 
often 2 lines long out 15. 3-celled, with 5 or 6 
calyx ovoid, 13 to 2 lines long, erowned.by the erect persistent lobes. Cap- 1 
sule much shorter than the calyx-tube, 3-celled with a hardened endocarp. — 
Seeds solitary in each cell; testa thin ; embryo straight, T eyes much ` 
longer ee the radicle. — Pericalymma ellipticum, Schau. in Pl. Preiss. 1 i. 190. P 
King Gan s vest to Mos and Swan rivers, Huegel, pis 3 
WV. Australia. 
2nd Coll. n n. "80, Baxter, Preiss, n 
20. L. crassipes, Lehm. Ind. Sem. Hort. Hamb. 1842, according 0 
Schauer. A small shrub, from a few inches to nearly a foot high, the base of ` j 
the stem much thickened and almost fusiform, otherwise the tortuous dicho ` 
h ntie a 
ose of 4 
usually small. Flowers much smaller than in Z, ellipticum. " Calyx-tube I 
glabrous, turbinate, 2 line long; lobes nearly as long. Petals about 1 line ` 1 1 
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